Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:36:37 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:05:47 -0700 > Jesse Barnes wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:56:05 -0700 > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 > > > Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > > > > Jesse's initial patch comm

Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:05:47 -0700 Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:56:05 -0700 > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 > > Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > > > > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we sh

Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:56:05 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 > Dave Airlie wrote: > > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to

Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 Dave Airlie wrote: > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since > some drivers are capable of flipping back to it. > > S

Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread Jesse Barnes
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:12:59 +1000 Dave Airlie wrote: > From: Jesse Barnes > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since > some drivers are capable of fl

Re: [PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-23 Thread James Simmons
> From: Jesse Barnes > > Jesse's initial patch commit said: > > "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit > harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since > some drivers are capable of flipping back to it. > > So make sure we try to unblank

[PATCH] vt/console: try harder to print output when panicing

2010-06-22 Thread Dave Airlie
From: Jesse Barnes Jesse's initial patch commit said: "At panic time (i.e. when oops_in_progress is set) we should try a bit harder to update the screen and make sure output gets to the VT, since some drivers are capable of flipping back to it. So make sure we try to unblank and update the disp